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name: Jealousy
slug: jealousy
type: emotion / background process / parasite
status: unstable
version: 0.0.666-alpha
released: "prehistory (exact timestamp corrupted)"
maintainer: nobody claimed this. nobody will.
dependencies:
- attachment
- self-concept (fragile build)
- perceived scarcity
- the other person
- the other other person
license: non-negotiable. auto-installs.
tags:
- emotion
- social
- recursive
- do-not-touch
- haunted
- running-in-background-right-now
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A monitoring process that mistakes surveillance for love.
Jealousy spawns without user consent. It forks silently from attachment the moment you decide something matters. From there it runs a comparison loop:
while (thing_you_want EXISTS):
scan(environment)
identify(perceived_threat)
amplify(threat_signal * ego_fragility)
emit(behavior YOU WILL REGRET)
loop
The loop has no exit condition. This is a known issue. This has always been a known issue. The maintainer has not responded to tickets since
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The comparison engine pulls data from unreliable sources: a glance across a room, a slightly-too-long pause before a text reply, memory (notoriously corrupt). It cross-references this against your self-worth module, which jealousy has already quietly edited.
| ID | Description | Status | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| JLY-001 | Threat assessment returns false positives 88% of runtime | open | critical |
| JLY-002 | Self-destruct routine targets the wrong relationship | wontfix | high |
| JLY-003 | Introspection loop causes introspection loop causes introspection loop | open | unknown |
| JLY-004 | User convinced they have "dealt with this" | recurring | high |
| JLY-005 | Occasionally mutates into envy. Different process. Worse license. | open | haunting |
ERR_SCARCITY_IMAGINED : threat detected. threat is not real. process continues anyway.
ERR_MIRROR_BROKEN : self-image could not be loaded for comparison
ERR_RECURSIVE_SPIRAL : jealousy is jealous of how calm you seem about the jealousy
ERR_ATTACHMENT_OVERFLOW : you care too much for the warning system to function
FATAL_THEY_MOVED_ON : no recovery path. restart not recommended.
"I'm not jealous, I just think it's weird that you two text so much." // jealousy, presenting as a reasonable observation
Q: How do I stop it? A: You cannot stop it. You can negotiate with it. Bring self-awareness to the table. It hates that.
Q: Is jealousy always bad? A: It is data. Badly formatted, furiously sent, often corrupted in transit. But data.
Q: Why does it feel like someone else is driving? A: Because for most of evolutionary history, someone else was.